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PEOPLE vs Larry B. Laurente, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. LARRY LAURENTE Y BEJASA, MELVIN DAGUDOG and RICHARD DISIPULO, accused. LARRY LAURENTE Y BEJASA, accused appellant.

G.R. No. 116734 | 1996-03-29

DAVIDE, JR., J.:


This is a case for our automatic review 1 in view of the death penalty imposed upon accused-appellant Larry Laurente (hereinafter Laurente).

In a decision 2 promulgated on 23 August 1994 in Criminal Case No. 104785, the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Pasig, Branch 156, found Laurente guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Highway Robbery with Homicide, defined and penalized under P.D. No. 532, 3 and sentenced him to suffer the penalty of death; to indemnify the heirs of the victim in the amount of P50,000.00, and to pay them P27,300.00 as funeral expenses and P100,000.00 as moral and exemplary damages; and to pay...